Photo: Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Cedar Mill are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cedar Mill B+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Poverty touches 8.1% of residents, next to 11.9% for Oregon as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cedar Mill stands out on work
Much of Cedar Mill works one town over
45% of working residents work in a town that borders Cedar Mill: Portland (33%), Beaverton (10%) and West Haven-Sylvan (2%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Cedar Mill
38% of Cedar Mill workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon. Time on the road ↓
Most Cedar Mill residents work close to home
78% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Cedar Mill’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Oregon average of 23. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cedar Mill
76% of Cedar Mill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Cedar Mill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cedar Mill
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Mill is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #32 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Cedar Mill’s grade up ($164,079, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedar Mill could be anywhere from B to A−.
Time on the road from Cedar Mill: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Mill workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,739 commuters (the 38% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Cedar Mill
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,467 jobs are based in Cedar Mill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Mill, 2013 → 2023: 2,065 → 2,467. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Cedar Mill
On a workday 7,748 residents head out to work, 211 work right here, and 2,256 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Cedar Mill on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Portland
Where Cedar Mill clocks in
17% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Cedar Mill is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Mill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #25 of 142 in Oregon. Both inputs place Cedar Mill near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,313 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Cedar Mill households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Cedar Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cedar Mill is 789th of 1,760 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 686 | Canby OR | 18,004 | $101K | 7.9% | 4.0% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Central Point OR | 19,139 | $86K | 6.7% | 3.1% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 787 | New Hartford NY | 21,945 | $81K | 10.5% | 1.9% | 23% | B+ |
| 788 | Burrillville RI | 16,927 | $120K | 6.5% | 6.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 789 | Cedar Mill OR | 19,471 | $164K | 8.1% | 7.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 790 | Highland Township MI | 20,319 | $97K | 8.3% | 4.3% | 9% | B+ |
| 791 | Wade Hampton SC | 20,898 | $77K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cedar Mill, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
45% of Cedar Mill works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Portland (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mill | – | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $164,079 |
| Beaverton | 10% | B+ | A+ | 24 min | $98,622 |
| Portland | 33% | B | A+ | 24 min | $90,919 |
| Bethany | under 2% | A | A | 24 min | $167,735 |
| West Haven-Sylvan | 2% | A− | A | 23 min | $110,200 |
| Oak Hills | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 21 min | $127,179 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Mill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cedar Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Mill?
$164,079 (±$18,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Mill?
8.1%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Mill?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Mill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (33%, 7 mi), Hillsboro (17%, 6 mi), Beaverton (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Mill walkable?
Cedar Mill is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Mill without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Mill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.